Towel-holder.



A. L. STONE.

TOWEL HOLDER,

APPLICATION FILED APR. 13. 1012.

1,055,098 Patented Mar. 4. 1913.

WITNESSES 1 INSNTOR BEST 'AVAlIABLE COPY 1 a--t:11-nrEnsTATlS TENT F-19owe:

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- one ofthe'mcmbers thereof on an enlarged bracket.- In a wall of" saidcasing is a keycot-respondingparts in the figures.

To alt wfzontz't may concern."- 7 y Be it known't-hat I, ALB RT L.-STONE,"21- eitizcn of the United States. residing in the\ City andcounty of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania. have invented a new anduseful Towel-I-lolder, of which the-following.

. .l\ My invention consists (if a holder for what may be termedanendless towel, the same embodying a roller which is adapted to belocked so as to prevent improper removal or abst1-action of such toweland means for preventing improper removal of the support for said rolleras will be hereinafter described.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accolnpai'iyingdrawing, but the im-' portant instrui'nentalities thereof may be varied,and so itis to be understood that the invc ntioniis not limited .to thespecific arrangement and organization shown and.de-

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a towel holder embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 represents a longitud nal section of scale. Fig.-3':rcprescnts a side elevation thereof partly broken away. Fig. 4.represents a section on the line :r-a: Fig. 3. Fig. 5 represcnts'a viewof a portion of the interior of one of-the mcinlwrs of the device. Fig.6 represents a side elevation of the roller employed.

Similar numerals of reference indicate Referring to the drawingsz-ldesignates a roller whose ends are conical shaped or pointed and hasadjacent to said ends peripheral grooves forming the shoulders or necks2.

3 designates brackets which have 0 )enings therethrough toreceivethcends 0 the roller -1 and snjnmrt the latter. ()ne of said brackets is ofthe 'form of a lock-easing having within the same, the bolt. or catch 4,which in the present case is formed of a U- shaped resilient piece ofmaterial, its limbs being adapted to enter the adjacent neck of theroller and so engage with the walls thereott-hus interloekingthe rollerin said hole 6 whereby access is had to the bolt or atch 4 to open-thesame-and consequently release the. roller, the plate 5.of said casingSpe t 2i flcti tipii of Letters l atent. ra tente d hla gi1 having alsoanopeningto receive an end of the roller;

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TOWE -Herbert; f

1912. Serial No. 690,517..

In order to secure the brackets to a. door, wall or other place oflocation, they are comiectedagiththe back or base plates 7, in thecenter off-which areopenings 8 to receivethe screws 9 the backs ofwhose, heads rest onthe plates "(around the walls of said openings. Thebracket that is formed with the lock casing has one otits walls extendedrearwardly forming the plate 11, the sides of which turn ang'ularlyformingthe limbslz? together producing a -broad'channeled base forseating itself firmly upon the backplate 7. The end of said plate 11enters the nick of the head of the screw and so is interlocked with saidscrew, while the limbs 12, have on their extreme edges the lips 13 whichiarepassed through openings in said back plate 7 and clenched on theinner face thereof, thus reliably connecting 76 said base plate andbracket, see Figs. 1, 2,

3 and 4-. Then, the bracket is screwed to the place of support afterwhich the roller is applied to the bracket and locked. Now as the nickof the screw is filleth-by the edge of 80 the plate 1], and ascrewdriver cannot be inserted in said nick, the bracketcannot be unscrewed,while the roller remains locked therein. As -only one bracket is formedof a lock casing and contains a locking mernher. that in the presentcase being on the left hand side of Fig. 1, the bracket at the rightsideof said figure is also constructed of an angular plate which rests onthe back plate and has the rear edge of its main wall enter- 3 ing thenick of the screw 9, the sameas at the left side of saidfigure. I

lt will be seen that one end of the roller is inserted in the bracket,inthe. present case on the right side of Fig. 1, and the roller is thenpushed in the direction toward the lock-containing bracket. which is inthe left side of said figure its head passing through the plate 5 intosaid lock-containing bracket and en ering between the legs of the bolt4, thusspreading apart said legs. \Vli'cn the neck 2 clears said legs,the latter spring into said neck, thus locking the roller with thebracket and preventing the removal of the towel hung on the roller.When, however, a suitable kc is inserted through the hole- 6 and tunethe legs of the-bolt are separated and so cleared of the neck 2 when thebolt may be sli ped out of the lock containing bracket an removedtherefrom. If desired, the roller may be withdrawn from the opposite thetowel 9 i bracket. before the application of another towel and theremsertion of the end ot the roller toward the lock, it being noticedalso that the 'doub1 -point-ed ends of the roller 5 Ipermit-"the latterto he fitted into either.

racket, each end portion of the roller having a neck 2 either of whichis adapted for engagement by the bolt 4, it not being neeessary toprovide each bracket with a lock- 10 ing device.

In order to limit-the closing motion of the legs of thebolt, the innerface-of the bracket around the opening whiehfreeives'the end of theroller has secured to 'itjthejwards '10 1d which project inwardly froinwsaid -bracket and act as steps against whieh said legs ab'ur,whenthe. end of the roller i 's removed, so as to prevent said legs fromclo'smg s'aid openin'g while on the contrary spacing said legs so thatthey they be engaged by the onieal or pointed end of the roller wheninserted claim as newand desire toseeure 'teis Patent 1s plurality intothe bracket; so as to be spread apart preparatory to springing into theneck 2 as hereinbefore stated.

Having thus described my invention what by Letmember, and ascrew-attached base plate 5 with the head of the screw of which one ofthe walls ofsaid bracket is adapted to engage" .l ALBERT L. STONE.\Vitnesses JOHN A. 'mnrnsueizu,

N; BUSSINGER.

